Saturday saw Armagh make the long, 280 mile, trip into deepest West Cork to play their first game in the 2012-13 Ulster Bank All-Ireland League. Clonakilty suffered relegation from section 2A at the end of last season and made no secret that, from the kick-off, they were keen to make their mark on this game. […]
Coleraine 2s won a hard fought contest on Saturday against a tough Ballyclare outfit, out-muscling them by 4 tries to one. Coleraine showed just a couple of changes from last week and perhaps after last week’s super team performance some complacency led to a fragmented first half display, but managed to put a few phases […]
At Shaw’s Bridge, on Saturday, 29th Sept., a sizeable crowd were rewarded with a very entertaining and exciting game which Instonians won narrowly, 22-20. CLICK HERE for 130+ Action Shots CLICK HERE for 50 more from Bill Skerries joined the league this year after being Leinster’s “Club of the Year” last year. They comfortably won […]
City of Derry Rugby Club came into their first All Ireland League Fixture of the season at home on Saturday last against University College Cork with high expectation following a five game unbeaten start to the season in the Ulster League. The students who were relegated from AIL Division 1B last season produced one of […]
Cookstown RFC began their league season with a disappointing defeat at the hands of country rivals Ballymena and thus ended their two year undefeated record at home. Although disappointed with the result, team captain Owen Mallon was encouraged by the team’s performance: ‘with a few of our boys being involved in upcoming GAA finals and […]
Civil Service Rugby is on the rise and looking for new recruits at all levels and abilities to help bolster their ranks for the current season. As well as two young Senior sides and a flourishing Mini section with over 100 participants, Service has now introduced a Youth section which will hopefully filter players into […]
Randalstown 1sts, playing in the Junior Cup for the first time in over a decade, triumphed over City of Derry 2nds at Neillsbrook on Saturday afternoon. In a lively game where the lead changed hands many times the home side eventually ran out deserved winners. ‘Town, again showing a few enforced personnel changes through injury […]